The Los Angeles County Arts Commission receives funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Los Angeles County Productivity and Investment Fund to support the Arts for All Residency Program.

The funds require a school district match to help school districts establish a K-12 residency program placing artists directly in the classroom to support student learning in the arts, based on the districts priorities for arts education.

All artists and organizations are selected from www.laartsed.org, the County’s searchable arts education directory, and all programs listed on the site meet the Visual and Performing Arts Standards.

The development and implementation of the Residency Program is a key strategy for the Los Angeles County Arts Commission-Arts for All: Los Angeles County Regional Blueprint, the ten year plan providing a series of policy changes and education initiatives to create systemic change and institutionalize arts education in each of the 80 school districts in Los Angeles County.